This survey was concerned with various indices of access to college for Mexican-Americans in the Southwestern U.S. Results are based on the responses of college administrators at a sample of 153 institutions. Principal findings of the survey include: (1) An estimated 144,000 Mexican-Americans were enrolled as undergraduates in Southwestern colleges in Fall 1971. (2) In 1970-71 Mexican-American students attending public 4-year colleges received financial aid covering 25% of their expenditures, and students enrolled in public 2-year colleges received financial aid covering 10 to 15% of their expenditures. (3) Recruitment of Mexican-American students was most frequently done by Mexican-American faculty and students, or by special visits to high schools enrolling large numbers of Mexican-American students. (4) Chicano studies courses are offered by about 85% of all public colleges in counties with large numbers of Mexican-Americans. (5) Southwestern colleges reported an estimated 1,500 Mexican-American full-time faculty members; this yields a ratio of one Mexican-American faculty member for every 100 Mexican-American students. (HS)